#DFDD5E#DFDD5E

#DFDD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.148 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD5E
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -15.28, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 62.97, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0464 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.148 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.3100, 68.2107, 20.6819)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD5E #5E60DF

analogous

#DF9D5E #DFDD5E #A0DF5E

triadic

#DFDD5E #5EDFDD #DD5EDF

tetradic

#DFDD5E #5EDF9D #5E60DF #DF5EA0

square

#DFDD5E #5EDF9D #5E60DF #DF5EA0

split-complementary

#DFDD5E #5EA0DF #9D5EDF

monochromatic

#A2A020 #D5D22B #DFDD5E #E9E891 #F3F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFDD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DFDD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD5E

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD5E	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.148 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece790',
    500: '#dfdd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd5e;
$custom-light: #ece790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87499,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD5E

secondary

#3C3EA5

accent

#1ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD5E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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